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February 2009 Comment: Bibliometrics in the Context of the UK Research Assessment Exercise
Bernard W. Silverman
Statist. Sci. 24(1): 15-16 (February 2009). DOI: 10.1214/09-STS285A

Abstract

Research funding and reputation in the UK have, for over two decades, been increasingly dependent on a regular peer-review of all UK departments. This is to move to a system more based on bibliometrics. Assessment exercises of this kind influence the behavior of institutions, departments and individuals, and therefore bibliometrics will have effects beyond simple measurement.

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Bernard W. Silverman. "Comment: Bibliometrics in the Context of the UK Research Assessment Exercise." Statist. Sci. 24 (1) 15 - 16, February 2009. https://doi.org/10.1214/09-STS285A

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Published: February 2009
First available in Project Euclid: 8 October 2009

zbMATH: 1327.01061
MathSciNet: MR2561121
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1214/09-STS285A

Keywords: bibliometrics , perverse incentives , Research funding

Rights: Copyright © 2009 Institute of Mathematical Statistics

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